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Overview

Every organization relies on skilled professionals who can effectively assess complex business challenges, identify opportunities, and transform insights into actionable strategies. In the IT industry, business analysts play a critical role in bridging the gap between business and technology. The IT Business Analysis Certificate of Achievement is ideal for professionals, aspiring business analysts, and anyone looking to deepen their understanding of business analysis methodologies, enabling you to hone your expertise and become a driver of measurable change in your organization or industry.

Emphasizing experiential, hands-on learning in business process improvement, digital transformation, IT infrastructure, and data-driven decision-making, this program will equip you with practical tools and industry-standard methodologies to analyze business needs and implement strategic solutions.

You'll work with frameworks like Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall and apply them to real-world scenarios, case studies, and interactive exercises. From optimizing workflows to supporting cloud migration and security initiatives, you’ll gain the experience you need to deliver measurable business outcomes.

This program offers the flexibility to learn on your schedule, helping you refine business strategy, enhance operational efficiency, and make an immediate impact in any industry.

To be successful in the program, it is recommended that you have:

  • a solid understanding of basic computer operations
  • a foundational understanding of core business concepts

If you’re pursuing the certificate, complete MGMT 020 first and note strongly recommended prerequisites for remaining certificate courses.

Upon successful completion of this program, you’ll be able to:

  • explain the role of Business Analysts and their impact on organizational projects across various industries
  • analyze business needs, stakeholders, and project requirements using industry-standard modelling techniques
  • conduct effective business requirements sessions and document findings in a Business Requirements Document (BRD)
  • evaluate design options and recommend viable solutions based on feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis, and risk assessments
  • apply business process analysis and improvement techniques to optimize workflows and identify areas for efficiency
  • develop a Business Analysis Plan to support decision-making and project execution
  • utilize digital strategy roadmaps and Business Intelligence tools to enhance business value in Digital Transformation initiatives
  • implement best practices in Business Analysis for infrastructure projects, data management, and security governance
  • integrate Business Analysis methodologies with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and traditional project management frameworks
  • monitor and measure project success using KPIs, acceptance criteria, and business process management techniques.

Program outline

To successfully complete this certificate program, you are required to complete a total of four mandatory courses. All supporting course materials and resources are accessible online in the Brightspace (D2L) learning platform.

Required courses & electives

How to apply for this certificate

Once you have registered for any course offered in this certificate, you will be automatically eligible to complete the certificate. You will have up to three years to complete this program. You may track your progression by signing in to your Continuing Education student account.

Certifications and professional designations

Upon successful completion of all required courses in this program, you’ll receive an electronically issued official SAIT Certificate of Achievement and transcript. You’ll be able to self-print proof of completion documents from your Continuing Education student account. Parchments are not issued for individual courses.

Costs

This certificate program consists of four courses with varying fees. Fees include access to all course-related materials and resources found in Brightspace (D2L).

Please review the individual course pages for this certificate program to determine costs and to learn more about additional learning materials including textbooks.

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Financial support

Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants including the Canada Alberta Job Grant. 

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Careers and opportunities

Skills learned in this program can be applied to a variety of supervisory and management careers. Expect to start at the entry-level, and as you gain experience and additional education, your career opportunities will expand.

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